New footage emerges of Erling Haaland absolutely tormenting Adam Lallana, he's a pure monster on the pitch

Manchester City striker Erling Haaland lived up to his reputation as one of the best strikers in the world after viral footage showed him tormenting Adam Lallana.

Haaland, 22, continued his dazzling goalscoring form for City with a stunning first-half brace against Brighton at the Etihad on Saturday.

The Norwegian striker has now taken his Premier League goalscoring tally to 17 in 11 matches, with Haaland widely tipped to win the Golden Boot this season.

Haaland, who was signed in a £51.2m deal from Borussia Dortmund, has also scored five times in four Champions League matches for City.

A nightmare for most Premier League defenders to play against, Haaland made Lallana look like a pushover after the Brighton midfielder tried to mark him.

Footage from the match, which since went viral on social media, shows Lallana giving his best effort in marking the City star but to no avail.

Instead, Haaland turns the situation on its head and makes Lallana’s life a living nightmare, with the Norway international using his incredible strength to his advantage.

Fans were unsurprisingly quick to compare Haaland to AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic over his ability to ‘bully’ Lallana when the player tried to man-mark him.

“Lallana got scared for his life,” one fan posted.

Another TikToker wrote: “Haaland [is] the new Zlatan.”

“Haaland has so much power it’s crazyyyy [sic], he is the boss on the pitch,” a third fan said.

A fourth person pointed out: “Kinda like Yaya Toure’s fight with Lallana like six years ago.”

While a fifth added: “Lallana was trying to wind everyone up in the ref’s face all of the first half. He only lasted the first half.”

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City’s 3-1 win over Brighton ensured Pep Guardiola’s men remain within touching distance of league leaders Arsenal, who sit one point clear at the top of the table.

Arsenal dropped valuable points in their 1-1 draw to Southampton on Sunday, but Mikel Arteta’s men have a match in hand over defending champions City.